A local blogger is facing cyberstalking charges after authorities said he sent more than two-dozen e-mails in less than an hour to another blogger.

Jeff Martin, who writes the blog site Vie Di Malchance, is charged with annoying fellow blogger Dr. Mary Johnson, of Asheboro, under North Carolina's cyberstalking law. Vie De Malchance is French for "life of misfortune."

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"When your hobby is making people angry, at some point I quit keeping up with whos mad at me," Martin said Wednesday.

Martin said he and Johnson got into a feud over the Randleman Dam, a local water project that he supports. The feud escalated when Martin, who writes his blog under the name "fecund stench," sent 27 e-mails to Johnson in less than an hour.

"I probably frightened her and I didnt mean to do that. I screwed up," Martin said.

The e-mails included messages such as, Everyone knows your crazy, but no one has exhibited the courage to deal with it. Im not afraid of you. Martin also admitted to sending Johnson an e-mail telling her he knows where she lives. Martin said there was no threat intended, but he simply wanted to stop Johnson from attacking him and his friends in the blogging community.

Johnson, who writes a blog titled "Dr. J's House," couldn't be reached for comment, but did post the following on her own blog:

What Jeff Martin did Friday night crossed a line that sane people in this society do not cross. It was a crime. There is no excuse he can make, or rationalization he can employ to justify the act. If it had been done to you, or your Mother, or your Sister, or your Daughter, or your Wife, it would not be "funny" at all. And anyone who supports that - or thinks it is funny - is as sick and warped as he is.

Martin and Johnson are not strangers. Martin showed WXII what he said are 400 comments that Johnson has made on his blog over the past few years, forcing him to ban her from his site.

"Shes a woman scorned," Martin said. "(She's) been at my place for 3 years I didnt want her to be there anymore. Its that simple."

Martin said he's hired an attorney to represent him. His case is scheduled to be heard on Dec. 14.